Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 11/15/04 - 11/21/04. Fewer than 10 entries appear this week, because fewer than 10 original SF&F; programs aired during the week on broadcast networks.

Browning Related To Lemony

Emily Browning, who plays Violet in the upcoming fantasy film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, told SCI FI Wire that she isn't as resourceful as her character, a brilliant inventor. More...

Rossellini Gets Earthsea Sick

Isabella Rossellini, who co-stars as high priestess Thar in SCI FI Channel's upcoming original miniseries Legend of Earthsea, told SCI FI Wire it was tough to play a character who spends much of the story quite ill. More...

Ashmore Takes Lead In Earthsea

Shawn Ashmore told SCI FI Wire that playing the lead role in SCI FI Channel's upcoming original miniseries Legend of Earthsea meant a dramatic change in his responsibilities. More...

Jackson Unveils King Kong

King Kong director Peter Jackson took the wraps off some of the models and sketches he's using for the giant-ape movie and spoke passionately about his motivation for remaking the classic at the CineAsia movie convention in Bangkok, Thailand, Variety reported. More...

Dark Materials Film Omits God

Filmmakers are adapting Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, in which two children do battle with an evil, all-powerful church, to remove anti-religious overtones, The Times of London reported. More...

Vaughn Cries U.N.C.L.E.

Matthew Vaughn is negotiating to direct the feature-film version of the classic TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. for Warner Brothers, Variety reported. More...

Star Wars Helmet Auctioned

A rare stormtrooper helmet from the original 1977 Star Wars film will go under the hammer at Christie's auction house in London on Dec. 14, British news sources and Zap2It reported. More...

Alias Wants Rossellini Back

Isabella Rossellini told SCI FI Wire that she's been asked to reprise her role as Katya on ABC's spy drama Alias, which kicks off a fourth season in January. More...

Ashmore Conjures Earthsea Magic

Shawn Ashmore told SCI FI Wire that he's a lifelong SF&F; fan, but admitted that he was unfamiliar with Ursula K. Le Guin's work until approached by SCI FI Channel to star in Legend of Earthsea, the network's upcoming original four-hour miniseries based on her books. More...

Iceman: X-Men 3 On Ice?

Shawn Ashmore, who played Bobby "Iceman" Drake in the X-Men movies, told SCI FI Wire that he's contractually obligated to reprise his role in a third film, but doesn't know the status of the sequel. More...

Babylon 5 Movie Gears Up?

Production Weekly reported that a feature film set in J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5 universe will begin production in April in the United Kingdom. More...

Darrow Delivers Shaolin Cowboy

Geof Darrow told SCI FI Wire that he came up with the idea for his latest comic book, Shaolin Cowboy, several years ago. More...

Resident Evil 3 Mulled

Resident Evil: Apocalypse producer Paul W.S. Anderson told Now Playing Magazine that there's talk of doing a third movie based on the Capcom video-game series. More...

Riddick Ready For PC

Vivendi Universal Games told the GameSpot Web site that it has shipped a "developer's cut" of its hit first-person-shooter game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay for the PC. More...

Flux Challenged Theron

Charlize Theron, who plays the title character in the upcoming SF action movie Aeon Flux, told SCI FI Wire that the film challenges her in ways both physical and mental. More...